Chris Cuomo Talks About Chipping His Tooth And Hallucinating During First Night With COVID-19
On Wednesday, CNN news anchor Chris Cuomo got real with his audience and shared what it’s like dealing with the coronavirus during his show “Cuomo Prime Time.”
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As we previously reported, Cuomo revealed he tested positive for COVID-19 earlier in the week. While he explained in a tweet that he only had mild symptoms, it looks things have changed. The 49-year-old told viewers Wednesday that he not only chipped a tooth but also started hallucinating and saw his late father, former New York governor Mario Cuomo, during a “freaky” first night after his diagnosis.
“This virus came at me, I’ve never seen anything like it,” Cuomo said, adding that he had a fever over 103 “that would not quit. And it was like somebody was beating me like a piñata.” Cuomo went on to share that he was shivering so much that he even chipped a tooth! “These are not cheap, OK?” he said while pointing to his teeth.
The news anchor also detailed how he was up all night where he started to hallucinate:
“My dad was talking to me, I was seeing people from college, people I hadn’t seen in forever,” he said. “It was freaky what I lived through last night.”
Before Cuomo closed the live broadcast, he ended off with an important message:
“Don’t be me. But more importantly, be better than we’re being right now. Care enough not just to stay home but to stay on your leaders, to make sure they’re doing everything they can to limit this. I’m telling you, this is the part of our lives we will live through and remember the most. How do you want to be remembered during this time?”
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